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ˌʌn əˈwɛərun·aware

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. unaware, incognizantadjective

    (often followed by `of') not aware

    "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known"

Wiktionary

  1. unawareadjective

    not aware or informed; lacking knowledge

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Unaware, Unawaresadverb

    Etymology: from aware, or wary.

    It is my father’s face,
    Whom, in this conflict, I unawares have kill’d. William Shakespeare.

    Firm we subsist; yet possible to swerve,
    And fall into deception unaware. John Milton.

    A pleasant beverage he prepar’d before,
    Of wine and honey mix’d; with added store
    Of opium: to his keeper this he brought,
    Who swallow’d unawares the sleepy draught,
    And snor’d secure. Dryden.

    ’Tis a sensation like that of a limb lopp’d off; one is trying every minute unawares to use it, and finds it is not. Alexander Pope.

    Take heed lest you fall unawares into that inconvenience you formerly found fault with. Edmund Spenser.

    Lest destruction come upon him at unawares, and let his net that he hath hid, catch himself. Psalm xxxvi. 8.

    My hand, unawares to me, was, by the force of that endeavour it just before employed to sustain the fallen weight, carried up with such violence, that I bruised it. Boyle.

    He breaks at unawares upon our walks,
    And, like a midnight wolf, invades the fold. Dryden.

    Though we live never so long, we are still surprized: we put the evil day far from us, and then it catches us unawares, and we tremble at the prospect. William Wake.

Wikipedia

  1. Unaware

    Unaware is an American science-fiction horror thriller film directed by Sean Bardin and Robert Cooley. It follows a vacationing couple who discover something disturbing on a rural Texas ranch. Like the films Paranormal Activity (2007) and The Blair Witch Project (1999), Unaware is an independent feature presented in "found footage" format. The producers have also followed in marketing the film to potential fans via Eventful.

ChatGPT

  1. unaware

    Unaware refers to the lack of knowledge, consciousness, or realization about something. It signifies a state of not being informed or not having specific information about a topic or situation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unawareadjective

    not aware; not noticing; giving no heed; thoughtless; inattentive

  2. Unawareadverb

    unawares

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Unaware

    un-a-wār′, adv. without being or making aware: suddenly: unexpectedly—also Unawares′.—At unawares, unexpectedly, at a sudden disadvantage.

British National Corpus

  1. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'unaware' in Adjectives Frequency: #934

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unaware in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unaware in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of unaware in a Sentence

  1. Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey:

    Those who now argue that he was convicted solely on a dream are either unaware of the complete facts or disregard them, she testified during the trial and was cross-examined at length. The jury believed her testimony that she was attacked and raped by Clarence Moses-EL.

  2. Miriam Baer:

    For the defense, this is an opportunity for the jury to meet the' real' Elizabeth Holmes, if Holmes paints Elizabeth Holmes as a' big ideas' innovator who happened to be unaware of the company's failures or misstatements, Elizabeth Holmes can help Elizabeth Holmes case -- or at least sow doubt among several jurors.

  3. Bruno Pereira:

    Tourists are unaware of this phenomenon so they are fooled.

  4. Rae Koshetz:

    He's shaken and terrified and totally, and I mean totally, unaware that a bullet has struck anything.

  5. Clive Staples Lewis:

    The perfect church service would be the one we were almost unaware of our attention would have been on God. But every novelty prevents this. It fixes our attention on the service itself and thinking about worship is a different thing than worshipping ... 'Tis mad idolatry that makes the service greater than the god.

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